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Brownfield sites in Penobscot County, Maine
EPA lists 158 brownfield sites in Penobscot County. Grant recipients report them. 50 carry EPA's ready-for-reuse flag.
Zoning: Check zoning with the city.
The sites
Each row is a site name and city, as EPA holds them. Where several sites share a name, the count shows how many.
| Site | City | Sites | EPA flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotts Mill | Dexter | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Alert Building | Bangor | 1 | Assessment, Cleanup |
| Argyle | Old Town | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Ayers Island | Orono | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment, State or tribal program |
| Ballard Hill School | Lincoln | 1 | Assessment |
| Bangor Aroostook Railroad | Bangor | 1 | Assessment |
| Bangor Historical Society | Bangor | 1 | Assessment |
| BNW Variety | Passadumkeag | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Brewer Public Works | Brewer | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Bumpas Service Station | Brewer | 1 | Assessment |
| Byer Manufacturing Company | Orono | 1 | Assessment |
| Cambolasse Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Capri School | Brewer | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Chambers Leasing | Orono | 1 | Assessment |
| Community Garden | Old Town | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Corinth Pellet Factory | Corinth | 1 | Assessment |
| Costigan Burr's General Store | Milford | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Dexter Shoe Factory | Dexter | 1 | Assessment |
| Dow AFB Salvage Yard | Bangor | 1 | Assessment |
| Eastern Etching | Bangor | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Ella P. Burr Elementary School | Lincoln | 1 | Assessment |
| Engineering Building | Millinocket | 2 | Ready for reuse (1), Cleanup (1) |
| Ensyn/Castle Rock Site | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Fiddlehead Garage | Indian Island | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Fire Station | Old Town | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Folsom Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Former Smart's Auto | Old Town | 1 | Assessment |
| Getchell Ice | Brewer | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Golden Road Fabrication Shop | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| GPMCT Dedham | Dedham | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Grandview Ave | Bangor | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Great Northern Lagoons | Millinocket | 1 | None |
| Great Northern Paper #2 | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment, Targeted assessment |
| Great Northern Paper #2 - Study Area 1 (Western Mill Area) | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Great Northern Paper #2 - Study Area 2 (Eastern Mill Area) | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Great Northern Paper #2 - Study Area 3 (Maintenance Area) | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Great Northern Paper #2 - Study Area 4-East (Fuel Storage Area-East) | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Great Northern Paper #2 - Study Area 4-West (Fuel Storage Area-West) | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment, Cleanup |
| Great Northern Paper #2 - Study Area 5 (Recycling Area) | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Great Northern Paper #2 - Study Area 7 (Western Property) | East Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Haskell Lumber Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Highland Auto Sales | Hampden | 1 | Assessment |
| Holden | Holden | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| I Care Ministries | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Jefferson St. School | Old Town | 1 | Assessment |
| Jefferson Street School | Old Town | 1 | Assessment |
| K&M Motors, Inc. | Millinocket | 2 | Assessment (1), Cleanup (1) |
| Katahdin Ave Fabrication Shop | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Kenduskeag Elementary School | Kenduskeag | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Lakeville | Springfield | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Leadbetter Truck, Inc | Bangor | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Lily Tulip | Old Town | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Lincoln Mill Consolidation Area | Lincoln | 1 | None |
| Lincoln News | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Lincoln Paper and Tissue | Lincoln | 1 | Assessment, Cleanup |
| Little Round Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Long Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| LP&T East Portion Bldg #22 | Lincoln | 1 | State or tribal program |
| LP&T Scale House#7 | Lincoln | 1 | None |
| LP&T-Buildings #6 & #7 | Lincoln | 1 | None |
| Main Street Junkyard | Bradley | 1 | Targeted assessment |
| Main Street Junkyard, Bradley | Bradley | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Main Street Properties | Old Town | 1 | Assessment |
| Maple Street Park | Brewer | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Mattanawcook Academy | Lincoln | 1 | Assessment |
| Mattanawcook Junior High School | Lincoln | 1 | Assessment |
| Mattanawcook Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| MFGR Paper Mill | Old Town | 1 | Assessment |
| Middle School | Brewer | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup, State or tribal program |
| Miller's Department Store | Millinocket | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup, State or tribal program |
| Millinocket Memorial Library | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Millinocket Mill | Millinocket | 2 | Assessment (2), Cleanup (1), Targeted assessment (1) |
| Millinocket Regional Hospital | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| No Name Island | Medway | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| No. 6 Fuel Oil Tank Farm & Rail Corridor | Millinocket | 1 | Cleanup |
| North Woods Trading Post | T01 R09 Wels | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Northern Plaza | Millinocket | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Officers Club | Bangor | 1 | Assessment |
| Olamon Industries | Indian Island | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Patten Memorial Library | Patten | 1 | Assessment |
| Patten Recreation Department Building | Patten | 1 | Assessment |
| Penobscot Islands | Lincoln | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| PERC | Orrington | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Pike Terminal | Bangor | 1 | Assessment |
| Quinn's Auto Repair | Hermon | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Research Building | Millinocket | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup, State or tribal program |
| Retirement Home | Old Town | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Roll Storage & Machine Shops Cleanup | Millinocket | 1 | Cleanup |
| Rolnick Property | Brewer | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Rush Property | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| SATCO Newport Bulk Storage Facility | Newport | 1 | Assessment |
| Scraggly Lake | Springfield | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment, State or tribal program |
| Sockalexis Bingo Palace | Old Town | 1 | Assessment, State or tribal program |
| State Street School | Brewer | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup, State or tribal program |
| Stetson Former Town Office | Stetson | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Stump Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Taylor Road Project | Orono | 1 | Ready for reuse, State or tribal program |
| Temple Israel | Old Town | 1 | Assessment |
| Trident Medical Supply | Millinocket | 1 | Assessment |
| Upper Cold Stream Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Upper Pond Dam | Lincoln | 1 | Ready for reuse, Assessment |
| Upper Sysladobsis Lake | Springfield | 1 | Assessment |
| Veazie Community Center | Veazie | 1 | Assessment |
| Venture Way Bangor | Bangor | 1 | Assessment |
| Washington Street School | Brewer | 1 | State or tribal program |
| Wastewater Treatment Plant Lagoons | Millinocket | 1 | Cleanup |
| Webster's Mill | Orono | 1 | Ready for reuse, Cleanup, State or tribal program |
| Woodex | Lincoln | 1 | Assessment |
| WWTP & Clarifier | Millinocket | 1 | None |
46 more sites have an address or parcel number as the EPA name. We count them but don't show the name.
To see each site in Penobscot County on a map, use the Cleanups in My Community map, on EPA's site.
EPA flags
| EPA flag | Sites |
|---|---|
| Ready for reuse | 50 |
| Assessment | 115 |
| Cleanup | 24 |
| Targeted assessment | 6 |
| State or tribal program | 44 |
| Multipurpose grant | 0 |
| Area-wide planning | 0 |
A site can carry more than one flag. The grant flags show which kinds of EPA brownfield funding a site is listed under.
What this data holds
- Acreage isn't in EPA's national data, so we don't show site sizes.
- We hold no flood data for these sites.
- We show the city and county, not street addresses.
- Grant recipients report these sites to EPA. A flag is EPA's record, not a site visit.
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US EPA data, as of 18 Oct 2026, reported by grant recipients. Not endorsed by EPA. Not legal or environmental advice; confirm with the state or EPA region.